Prize winners
We are recognising individuals, collaborations and teams for their exceptional achievements in advancing the chemical sciences.
Celebrating our 2026 Prize winners
Thank you to everybody who took the time to make a nomination this year, and to all of our volunteers on our judging panels. Explore our prize winners to find profiles, see photo galleries, get insights into their work, and read a question and answer session with the prize winner.
Research & Innovation Prize winners
Celebrating exceptional people advancing the chemical sciences across industry and academia.
Horizon Prize winners
Celebrating groups, teams and collaborations making discoveries and innovations that push the boundaries of science.
Inclusion and Diversity Prize winner
Recognising individuals or teams that have improved the accessibility, inclusivity and diversity of the chemical science community.
Volunteer Recognition Prize winners
Celebrating our members who support and inspire others within the community.
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David Scanlon
University of Birmingham
For contributions to materials modelling of conducting oxides.
2021 Materials Chemistry Early Career Prize
Dr Alex Ganose
Imperial College London, UK
For the development and application of innovative computational methods to predict the properties of semiconductors for applications in energy tech...
2026 Materials Chemistry Early Career Prize
Dr Emrys Evans
Swansea University, UK
For pioneering contributions in the development, characterisation and exploitation of luminescent materials based on organic radicals, for use in l...
2025 Materials Chemistry Early Career Prize
Dr Lucy Clark
University of Birmingham, UK
For outstanding contributions to the discovery, characterisation and understanding of quantum magnets.
2022 Materials Chemistry Early Career Prize
Dr Nicola Gasparini
Imperial College London, UK
For understanding charge recombination processes in organic and perovskite semiconductors for high performance photovoltaic and photodetector devices.
2024 Materials Chemistry Early Career Prize
Ludmilla Steier
University of Oxford, UK
For seminal contributions to the understanding of defect chemistry in semiconducting materials and interfacial energetics in photocatalytic and pho...
2023 Materials Chemistry Early Career Prize
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